[Discuss] Duels Adventurer vs. Noble

[Timothy Collett]

On Mar 6, 2007, at 12:12 AM, Lyman Stone wrote:
> Not every noble would have been haughty. Many serfs liked their  
> lords, surprise surprise. If nobles are so horrible to the peasants  
> then friendly TOs wouldn't ever work.

I think you're making a big logical leap here--or perhaps I should  
say, *illogical* leap.

There's a huge difference between being cruel enough to your peasants  
or serfs that they hate you, and acting like every other noble, who  
basically treated them like an animal--and after all, it was hardly  
universal in any era to be cruel to animals, either.  The very best  
lords would have treated their peasants like well-liked pets.

*No one* would have treated them like anything remotely approaching  
equals.

Anyone who did, and got caught at it, should, as someone else  
suggested, lose *all* their honour and prestige...since, after all,  
if they're acting like peasants are their equals, maybe *we* should  
act like they're equal to peasants, too.

Timothy Collett
Anaris Family

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